take us through what we ve learned. reporter: yeah, that s exactly right. and this is a domestic terrorism focused hearing with witnesses from the department of justice and fbi and doj witness panels talking about the scope of the problem law enforcement at the federal level is dealing with, as you you were saying these kind of incidents and investigations have more than doubled actually since the spring of 2020. so much so the department of justice has now put its own special group of lawyers on these cases trying to figure out how to prosecute them better. here s a little of what he told the committee earlier this morning. based on elevated threat from domestic violent extremists. we ve seen a growing threat from those motivated by racial animus as well as those who prescribe to extremist anti-government and anti-authority ideologies. reporter: to hear about those anti-government anti-authority racially extreme groups there s
case was more than a decade ago. also this week on capitol hill, the doj unveiled a new tool in their fight to promote the next january 6th attack. a domestic terrorism union. domestic terrorism is on the rise. a number of fbi investigations over the past two years since march 2020 has more than doubled. we ve seen a growing threat from those who are motivated by racial animus as well as those who ascribe to extremist anti-government, and anti-authority ideologies. so the threat is undeniable. but how exactly will this unit make americans safer? who better to ask than someone who used to work inside the justice department? joining me now, matt miller. he served with the director of affairs under the attorney general eric holder. also an msnbc contributor. thank you for spending time with us. let s talk about some of the new charges filed against the oath keepers.